Monday, February 15, 2010

I must admit to being a bit jealous of all the snow everyone was having. Feet and feet of snow. I wasn't quite so jealous of that. I just wanted pretty snow. Pictures of my girls making snowballs. Snowmen. Snowangels. Pictures of the snow in the trees.

I didn't want snowpocalypse. Or snowmageddon. Just snow. No ice. Pretty. Not scary.

And that is what our Southern snow was on Friday. It started lightly. Just dusting the surface.

Starting in the early afternoon. So the kids didn't even lose a day of school.

But it kept snowing.

And snowing. Enough that there were snowballs.

Snowmen.

Snowangels.

Please note. This is a Southern snow. With Southern children. Which means that we don't have the equipment. No snow jackets. We used our rain coats.

No snow pants. Wet jeans and wet leggings make for a cold child. No sleds. We used garbage bags.

Does that make it a redneck snow?

We even had a kitty escape because she needed to check out the snow.

And when we woke up on Saturday. It was like a fairy land. With the gorgeous blue skies.

And the sun reflecting off all the snow.

Magical.

Then. Less than 24 hours after it started. It was practically gone.

So...what about you? How much snow have you had this year? Do you like the snow or are you pining for summer?

Well, we have had a record-setting 59 inches of snow this year in DC-- yes, as in just shy of FIVE FEET of it-- and I simply could not be more over it. This Southern Girl is just not made for this kinda mess. I cannot take it!

But I'm glad y'all got to enjoy it down there. I would give ANYTHING for ours to be gone within days. I will be surprised if it's gone a month from now, actually. I am so sick of looking at 10 ft mountains of filthy snow everywhere.

We've had about 1" of snow all winter, and it lasted about a day. We've had unseasonably warm weather, especially here in northwestern Oregon (it's supposed to be near 60 by mid-week). We actually have flowers blooming!

Love your pics, Kat! Just beautiful. Your rain coats and garbage bags cracked me up! We have snow...more than a foot of snow with big ol' drifts. And? It's still snowing. I am going to try to get a pic of one of the kids next to one of the drifts today...unless they fall in! :)

I'm pining. Pining, pining, pining. Honestly though, this has been a fairly gentle winter for us. We've still got snow, but not feet and feet. I think I've only had to shovel the walks a few times and that makes things a little more bearable.

I think I mentioned that I did not own a coat the 4 ears I lived there...That said, when I returned after 5 years, I could hardly find a new swim suit. I got down there and the stores were PACKED with them. I shoulda' known.I just got my girls new coats for next year off the clearance rack.

No snow, just rain, rain and more rain! Stan, Gina and I were living in Marietta when the Blizzard of 92 hit the east coast, including the Atlanta Marietta area. Beautiful to say the least.Yesterday when I was out driving, I saw two rhododendron bushes in full bloom. I had to stop and take pictures of them. Unusual even for up here, but we have truly had an el nino winter.

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